Archdiocese of Przemyśl

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Bishop(s) Adam Szal, Archbishop Krzysztof Chudzio, Auxiliary Bishop Stanisław Jamrozek, Auxiliary Bishop Józef Michalik, Archbishop Emeritus Suffragan Dioceses Rzeszów Zamość-Lubaczów

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese Elevated: 25 March 1992 Metropolitan See Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Poland Square Kilometers: 9,750 (3,765 Square Miles) Official Web Site: http://przemyska.pl/ Mailing Address: Kuria Metropolitalna, Pl. Katedralny 4/A, 37-700 Przemysl, Polska Telephone: (016)678.66.94 Fax: 678.26.74

Historical Details

• Diocese of Przemyśl
  • Latin Name: Premisliensis Latinorum
  • Erected: 13 April 1375
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Lviv
  • Country: Poland

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Mikołaj Rusin, O.P. † (18 Jan 1353 Confirmed - 1375 Died)
• Eryk z Winsen, O.F.M. † (13 Apr 1377 Appointed - 8 Sep 1391 Died)
• Maciej Janina, O.F.M. † (28 Oct 1392 Appointed - 17 Jun 1419 Died)
• Janusz z Lubienia † (21 Aug 1420 Appointed - 20 Mar 1435 Died)
• Piotr z Chrząstowa (Chrząstowski) † (9 Mar 1436 Appointed - 19 Jan 1452 Died)
• Mikołaj z Błażejowa † (11 Aug 1452 Appointed - 21 Dec 1474 Died)
• Andrzej Oporowski † (5 Oct 1476 Appointed - 12 Oct 1481 Appointed, Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze))
• Piotr z Bnina Moszyński † (10 Dec 1481 Appointed - 20 Oct 1483 Appointed, Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze))
• Jan Kaźmierski † (10 May 1484 Appointed - 18 Nov 1484 Died)
• Jan z Targowiska † (26 May 1486 Appointed - 1 Jun 1492 Died)
• Jan von Brandis † (3 Sep 1492 Appointed - 1493 Resigned)
• Mikołaj Krajowski (Primus) † (29 Apr 1493 Appointed - 13 Apr 1498 Died)
• Maciej Drzewiecki † (21 Oct 1504 Confirmed - 4 Nov 1513 Appointed, Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze))
• Piotr Tomiczki † (29 May 1514 Appointed - 22 Jun 1520 Appointed, Bishop of Poznań)
• Rafał Leszczyński † (5 Jan 1521 Appointed - 8 Jun 1523 Appointed, Bishop of Płock)
• Andrzej Krzycki † (8 Jun 1523 Appointed - 29 Apr 1527 Appointed, Bishop of Płock)
• Jan Karnkowski † (29 Apr 1527 Appointed - 4 Aug 1531 Appointed, Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze))
• Bl. Jan Chojeński † (4 Aug 1531 Appointed - 27 Oct 1535 Appointed, Bishop of Płock)
• Piotr Gamrat † (27 Oct 1535 Appointed - 17 Aug 1537 Appointed, Bishop of Płock)
• Stanisław Tarło † (17 Aug 1537 Appointed - 14 Dec 1544 Died)
• Jan Dziaduski † (8 Jun 1545 Appointed - 28 Jul 1559 Died)
• Filip Padniewski † (26 Jan 1560 Appointed - 17 Jul 1560 Appointed, Bishop of Kraków)
• Walenty Herburt † (4 Sep 1560 Appointed - 27 Aug 1572 Died)
• Łukasz Kościelecki, O.S.B. † (5 Dec 1575 Appointed - 4 Mar 1577 Appointed, Bishop of Poznań)
• Wojciech Staroźrebski Sobiejuski † (11 Dec 1577 Appointed - 1 Jan 1580 Died)
• Jan Borukowski † (23 Mar 1583 Appointed - 15 Apr 1584 Died)
• Wojciech Baranowski † (11 Feb 1585 Appointed - 30 Jan 1591 Appointed, Bishop of Płock)
• Wawrzyniec Goślicki † (10 May 1591 Appointed - 19 Mar 1601 Appointed, Bishop of Poznań)
• Maciej Pstrokoński † (19 Mar 1601 Appointed - 5 Nov 1608 Appointed, Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze))
• Stanisław Sieciński † (3 Aug 1609 Appointed - 16 Oct 1619 Died)
• Jan Wężyk † (17 Feb 1620 Confirmed - 13 May 1624 Appointed, Bishop of Poznań)
• Achacy Grochowski † (26 Aug 1624 Appointed - 6 Oct 1627 Appointed, Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck))
• Adam Nowodworski † (29 Nov 1627 Appointed - 7 Apr 1631 Appointed, Bishop of Poznań)
• Henryk Firlej † (28 Jul 1631 Appointed - 9 Jul 1635 Appointed, Bishop of Poznań)
• Andrzej Szołdrski † (13 Aug 1635 Appointed - 21 Jul 1636 Appointed, Bishop of Poznań)
• Piotr Gembicki † (22 Sep 1636 Appointed - 10 Nov 1642 Appointed, Bishop of Kraków)
• Aleksander Trzebiński † (1 Dec 1642 Appointed - 25 Jul 1644 Died)
• Paweł Piasecki † (28 Nov 1644 Appointed - 1 Aug 1649 Died)
• Jan Chrzciciel Zamoyski, O.P. † (6 Dec 1649 Appointed - 19 Oct 1654 Appointed, Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck))
• Andrzej Trzebicki † (12 Dec 1654 Appointed - 25 Feb 1658 Appointed, Bishop of Kraków)
• Stanisław Sarnowski † (17 Jun 1658 Appointed - 24 May 1677 Appointed, Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze))
• Jan Stanisław Zbąski † (11 Oct 1677 Appointed - 6 Dec 1688 Confirmed, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland))
• Jerzy Albrecht Denhoff † (19 Oct 1689 Appointed - 9 May 1701 Appointed, Bishop of Kraków)
• Jan Kazimierz de Alten Bokum † (18 Jul 1701 Appointed - 30 Jul 1719 Confirmed, Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm))
• Krzysztof Andrzej Jan Szembek † (15 Mar 1719 Appointed - 11 Sep 1724 Confirmed, Bishop of Warmia (Ermland))
• Alexander Antoni Pleszowice Fredro † (27 Sep 1724 Appointed - 26 Apr 1734 Died)
• Walenty Alexander Czapski, O. Cist. † (11 Feb 1737 Appointed - 20 Dec 1741 Confirmed, Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze))
• Wacław Hieronim Sierakowski † (25 May 1742 Appointed - 21 Jul 1760 Appointed, Archbishop of Lviv)
• Michael Wodzicki † (22 Sep 1760 Appointed - 1 Jan 1764 Died)
• Walenty Franciszek Wężyk † (22 Apr 1765 Confirmed - 25 Oct 1766 Died)
• Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1 Dec 1766 Confirmed - 16 May 1768 Confirmed, Bishop of Poznań)
• Józef Tadeusz Kierski † (16 May 1768 Confirmed - 16 Jan 1783 Died)
• Antoni Wacław Betański † (16 Jan 1783 Succeeded - 22 Jan 1786 Died)
• Antoni de Gołaszewski † (24 Jul 1786 Confirmed - 25 Apr 1825 Died)
• Jan Antoni de Potoczki † (19 Dec 1825 Confirmed - 16 May 1832 Died)
• Michał Tomasz Wincenty de Korczyński † (23 Jun 1834 Confirmed - 8 Oct 1839 Died)
• Franciszek Ksawery Zachariasiewicz † (13 Jul 1840 Confirmed - 12 Jun 1845 Died)
• Franciszek Ksawery Wierzchlejski † (27 Jul 1846 Confirmed - 23 Mar 1860 Confirmed, Archbishop of Lviv)
• Adam Jasiński † (23 Mar 1860 Confirmed - 3 Mar 1862 Died)
• Antoni Józef Manastyrski † (28 Sep 1863 Confirmed - 17 Dec 1869 Died)
• Mattia Hirschler † (27 Jun 1870 Confirmed - 27 May 1881 Died)
• Łukasz Solecki † (27 Mar 1882 Confirmed - 2 Mar 1900 Died)
• St. Józef Sebastian Pelczar † (17 Dec 1900 Appointed - 28 Mar 1924 Died)
• Anatol Wincenty Nowak (Novak) † (30 Sep 1924 Appointed - 5 Apr 1933 Died)
• Franciszek Barda † (25 Nov 1933 Appointed - 13 Nov 1964 Died)
• Ignacy Marcin Tokarczuk † (3 Dec 1965 Appointed - 17 Apr 1993 Retired)
• Józef Michalik (17 Apr 1993 Appointed - 30 Apr 2016 Retired)
• Adam Szal (30 Apr 2016 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Przemyśl
13 April 1375	Erected		Diocese of Przemyśl (erected)
25 March 1992	Territory Lost	Diocese of Przemyśl Diocese of Tarnów	Diocese of Rzeszów (erected)
Archdiocese of Przemyśl
25 March 1992	Elevated	Diocese of Przemyśl	Archdiocese of Przemyśl

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Przemyśl
1950	1,200,000	2,000,000	60.0%	642	122	764	1,570		306	1,180	449	ap1951
1970		1,360,000	.0%	800	115	915	0		115	1,310	420	ap1971*
1980	1,485,553	1,524,029	97.5%	872	110	982	1,512		128	1,250	487	ap1981
1990	1,636,708	1,646,407	99.4%	1,126	170	1,296	1,262		211	1,472	589	ap1991
Archdiocese of Przemyśl
1999	817,976	820,000	99.8%	793	174	967	845		220	1,161	377	ap2000
2000	818,947	822,000	99.6%	777	176	953	859		244	1,170	381	ap2001
2001	817,266	820,000	99.7%	780	178	958	853		251	1,188	384	ap2002
2002	812,667	815,000	99.7%	783	178	961	845		248	1,190	384	ap2003
2003	813,841	820,000	99.2%	802	178	980	830		247	1,195	384	ap2004
2004	763,352	780,000	97.9%	807	176	983	776		238	1,122	383	ap2005
2013	756,006	784,454	96.4%	874	169	1,043	724		215	1,097	388	ap2014
2016	745,512	795,969	93.7%	879	170	1,049	710		206	1,057	390	ap2017
2019	735,000	814,000	90.3%	894	163	1,057	695		187	906	391	ap2020

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Edward Eugeniusz Bialoglowski (Priest: 17 Jun 1972; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Nov 1987 to 25 Mar 1992)
• Krzysztof Chudzio (Priest: 14 Jun 1988; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Apr 2020)
• Edward Marian Frankowski (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Feb 1989 to 25 Mar 1992)
• Stanisław Jamrozek (Deacon: 13 Jan 1989; Priest: 14 Jun 1989; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Apr 2013)
• Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D.
• Józef Michalik (Archbishop: 17 Apr 1993 to 30 Apr 2016)
• Edward Nowak (Deacon: 6 Jan 1963; Priest: 13 Jan 1963 to 24 Feb 1990)
• Jan Ozga (Priest: 7 Jun 1981 to 24 Jan 1997)
• Marian Rojek (Priest: 7 Jun 1981; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Dec 2005 to 30 Jun 2012)
• Adam Szal (Priest: 31 May 1979; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Nov 2000; Archbishop: 30 Apr 2016 - )

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Wojciech Baranowski † (Bishop: 11 Feb 1585 to 30 Jan 1591)
• Franciszek Barda † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Jul 1931; Bishop: 25 Nov 1933 to 13 Nov 1964)
• Antoni Wacław Betański † (Coadjutor Bishop: 2 Apr 1781; Bishop: 16 Jan 1783 to 22 Jan 1786)
• Tadeusz Boguslaw Błaszkiewicz † (Priest: 19 Jun 1949; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Jun 1970 to 7 Jun 1993)
• Mikołaj z Błażejowa † (Bishop: 11 Aug 1452 to 21 Dec 1474)
• Piotr z Bnina Moszyński † (Bishop: 10 Dec 1481 to 20 Oct 1483)
• Jan Kazimierz de Alten Bokum † (Priest: 2 Feb 1689; Bishop: 18 Jul 1701 to 30 Jul 1719)
• Jan Borukowski † (Bishop: 23 Mar 1583 to 15 Apr 1584)
• Andrzej Boryszewski † (Apostolic Administrator: 1 Feb 1501 to 18 Dec 1503)
• Jan von Brandis † (Bishop: 3 Sep 1492 to 1493)
• Bl. Jan Chojeński † (Bishop: 4 Aug 1531 to 27 Oct 1535)
• Piotr z Chrząstowa (Chrząstowski) † (Bishop: 9 Mar 1436 to 19 Jan 1452)
• Walenty Alexander Czapski, O. Cist. † (Bishop: 11 Feb 1737 to 20 Dec 1741)
• Lukasz Jacek Czermiński † (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Mar 1715 to 1717)
• Joannes Dębski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Apr 1682 to Dec 1690)
• Jerzy Albrecht Denhoff † (Bishop: 19 Oct 1689 to 9 May 1701)
• Maciej Drzewiecki † (Bishop: 21 Oct 1504 to 4 Nov 1513)
• Paul Constantin Dubrawski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Oct 1699 to Sep 1714)
• Jan Dziaduski † (Bishop: 8 Jun 1545 to 28 Jul 1559)
• Henryk Firlej † (Bishop: 28 Jul 1631 to 9 Jul 1635)
• Karol Józef Fischer † (Priest: 18 Jul 1869; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Apr 1901 to 21 Sep 1931)
• Piotr Gamrat † (Bishop: 27 Oct 1535 to 17 Aug 1537)
• Piotr Gembicki † (Bishop: 22 Sep 1636 to 10 Nov 1642)
• Jakub Glazer † (Deacon: 14 Aug 1858; Priest: 30 Nov 1858; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Sep 1887 to 3 May 1898)
• Antoni de Gołaszewski † (Bishop: 24 Jul 1786 to 25 Apr 1825)
• Wawrzyniec Goślicki † (Bishop: 10 May 1591 to 19 Mar 1601)
• Achacy Grochowski † (Bishop: 26 Aug 1624 to 6 Oct 1627)
• Walenty Herburt † (Bishop: 4 Sep 1560 to 27 Aug 1572)
• Mattia Hirschler † (Bishop: 27 Jun 1870 to 27 May 1881)
• Stanisław Józef Hozjusz † (Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Dec 1718 to 16 Sep 1720)
• Stanislaw Jakiel † (Priest: 26 Jul 1934; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Jun 1957 to 26 Mar 1983)
• Maciej Janina, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 28 Oct 1392 to 17 Jun 1419)
• Adam Jasiński † (Bishop: 23 Mar 1860 to 3 Mar 1862)
• Jan Karnkowski † (Bishop: 29 Apr 1527 to 4 Aug 1531)
• Jan Kaźmierski † (Bishop: 10 May 1484 to 18 Nov 1484)
• Józef Tadeusz Kierski † (Bishop: 16 May 1768 to 16 Jan 1783)
• Michał Tomasz Wincenty de Korczyński † (Bishop: 23 Jun 1834 to 8 Oct 1839)
• Łukasz Kościelecki, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 5 Dec 1575 to 4 Mar 1577)
• Mikołaj Krajowski (Primus) † (Bishop: 29 Apr 1493 to 13 Apr 1498)
• Andrzej Krzycki † (Bishop: 8 Jun 1523 to 29 Apr 1527)
• Ignatius Krzyżanowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Jun 1762)
• Rafał Leszczyński † (Bishop: 5 Jan 1521 to 8 Jun 1523)
• Ludwik Łętowski †
• Ignacy Łobos † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Mar 1882 to 15 Jan 1886)
• Janusz z Lubienia † (Bishop: 21 Aug 1420 to 20 Mar 1435)
• Antoni Józef Manastyrski † (Bishop: 28 Sep 1863 to 17 Dec 1869)
• Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (Bishop: 1 Dec 1766 to 16 May 1768)
• Stefan Moskwa † (Priest: 7 Jun 1959; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Nov 1983 to 18 Oct 2004)
• Jan Niemiec † (Deacon: 20 Dec 1986; Priest: 24 Jun 1987 to 21 Oct 2006)
• Anatol Wincenty Nowak (Novak) † (Bishop: 30 Sep 1924 to 5 Apr 1933)
• Adam Nowodworski † (Bishop: 29 Nov 1627 to 7 Apr 1631)
• Andrzej Oporowski † (Bishop: 5 Oct 1476 to 12 Oct 1481)
• Filip Padniewski † (Bishop: 26 Jan 1560 to 17 Jul 1560)
• St. Józef Sebastian Pelczar † (Priest: 17 Jul 1864; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Feb 1899; Bishop: 17 Dec 1900 to 28 Mar 1924)
• Paweł Piasecki † (Bishop: 28 Nov 1644 to 1 Aug 1649)
• Michael Piechowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Feb 1721 to 10 Feb 1724)
• Alexander Antoni Pleszowice Fredro † (Bishop: 27 Sep 1724 to 26 Apr 1734)
• Jan Antoni de Potoczki † (Bishop: 19 Dec 1825 to 16 May 1832)
• Andrzej Pruski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Mar 1729 to 1759)
• Maciej Pstrokoński † (Bishop: 19 Mar 1601 to 5 Nov 1608)
• Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (Deacon: 1 Dec 1878; Priest: 8 Dec 1878 to 26 Feb 1886)
• Mikołaj Rusin, O.P. † (Bishop: 18 Jan 1353 to 1375)
• Kazimierz Ryczan † (Priest: 16 Jun 1963 to 17 Jul 1993)
• Adam Stefan Sapieha †
• Stanisław Sarnowski † (Bishop: 17 Jun 1658 to 24 May 1677)
• Stanisław Sieciński † (Bishop: 3 Aug 1609 to 16 Oct 1619)
• Michal Roman Sierakowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Sep 1778 to 27 Jul 1802)
• Wacław Hieronim Sierakowski † (Bishop: 25 May 1742 to 21 Jul 1760)
• Łukasz Solecki † (Bishop: 27 Mar 1882 to 2 Mar 1900)
• Wojciech Staroźrebski Sobiejuski † (Bishop: 11 Dec 1577 to 1 Jan 1580)
• Kazimierz Jan Szczuka † (Deacon: 11 Jul 1670; Priest: 13 Jul 1670 to 5 Oct 1693)
• Franciscus Szembek † (Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Jun 1724 to Aug 1728)
• Krzysztof Andrzej Jan Szembek † (Bishop: 15 Mar 1719 to 11 Sep 1724)
• Andrzej Szołdrski † (Bishop: 13 Aug 1635 to 21 Jul 1636)
• Boleslaw Lukasz Taborski † (Priest: 10 Sep 1939; Auxiliary Bishop: 31 Oct 1963 to 27 Feb 1993)
• Jan z Targowiska † (Bishop: 26 May 1486 to 1 Jun 1492)
• Stanisław Tarło † (Bishop: 17 Aug 1537 to 14 Dec 1544)
• Ignacy Marcin Tokarczuk † (Bishop: 3 Dec 1965; Archbishop (Personal Title): 2 Jun 1991; Archbishop: 25 Mar 1992 to 17 Apr 1993)
• Wojciech Tomaka † (Priest: 8 Jun 1899; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Nov 1933 to 1964)
• Piotr Tomiczki † (Bishop: 29 May 1514 to 22 Jun 1520)
• Andrzej Trzebicki † (Bishop: 12 Dec 1654 to 25 Feb 1658)
• Aleksander Trzebiński † (Bishop: 1 Dec 1642 to 25 Jul 1644)
• Antonius Urbański † (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Sep 1769 to 28 Mar 1770)
• Jan Wężyk † (Bishop: 17 Feb 1620 to 13 May 1624)
• Walenty Franciszek Wężyk † (Bishop: 22 Apr 1765 to 25 Oct 1766)
• Hieronim Wieloglowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Sep 1760 to Jan 1767)
• Franciszek Ksawery Wierzchlejski † (Bishop: 27 Jul 1846 to 23 Mar 1860)
• Eryk z Winsen, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 13 Apr 1377 to 8 Sep 1391)
• Michal Witosławski † (Deacon: 15 Sep 1726; Priest: 22 Sep 1726; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Jan 1768 to 22 Mar 1769)
• Michael Wodzicki † (Bishop: 22 Sep 1760 to 1 Jan 1764)
• Stanislaus Wykowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Sep 1770 to 18 Apr 1778)
• Franciszek Ksawery Zachariasiewicz † (Bishop: 13 Jul 1840 to 12 Jun 1845)
• Franciszek Zajerski †
• Ludwik Bartlomiej Załuski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Jan 1692 to 1 Jun 1699)
• Jan Chrzciciel Zamoyski, O.P. † (Bishop: 6 Dec 1649 to 19 Oct 1654)
• Jan Stanisław Zbąski † (Bishop: 11 Oct 1677 to 6 Dec 1688)

Source(s)

Diocese of Przemyśl Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 219

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